⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Heat got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ MIA better than we expected
▼ WSH better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Heat.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Heat won, and why the Wizards did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 50 rebounds to 39- A 20-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 28 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Heat
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run from level to 10 points up
Q1 10:36 · MIA 13-3 WSH
- 20-0 run
A 20-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 28
Q4 5:39 · MIA 99-71 WSH
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Wizards
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Bradley Beal misses technical free throw
Q2 6:11 · MIA 35-28 WSH
📊The numbers
| MIA | WSH | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 36% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 15 | Free throws made | 7 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 46 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 20 | Assists | 20 |
| 36 | Points in the paint | 26 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 11 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 6 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 2 |
